Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.

Thomas Friedman…

joins the big shark jump. But today’s column opens a career escape hatch for him: political enlightenment for youth. In the spirit of this pathbreaking opus, imaginary speeches in the voices of Obama and Boehner, I anticipate the next step:
“See the big meeting, Dick! Run, Dick, run, so we can sit in front!”
“I see the meeting, Jane! What a nice meeting, with donuts on the table in back. Let’s listen!”
“Oh my” says the big bad wolf, “I will be a good wolf and not eat pork, lamb, and grandmothers. We should all be friends now.”
“We are sorry we made witch rôti” says Hansel, “and eating her candy house gave us tummy aches.”
“We all have to live together happily in the forest,” said Goldilocks, “and I will clean up the bear house and take baby bear to his music lessons all next month.”
“Napoleon is happy Snowball back from Mexico. Happy Napoleon. Happy animals!”
Everyone clapped for the new Grand Bargain and had a big hug.

Dick fwows up. Jane fwows up. “Jane, if you ever drag me to something this puerile again, I will throw your goddam red ball under a steamroller. Are you nuts, or on crack?”
[fixed link 10/VIII, sorry]